Statement by Chief Justice Mike Heavican regarding the death of Douglas County District Court Judge Mark Ashford

Statement by Chief Justice Mike Heavican regarding the death of Douglas County District Court Judge Mark Ashford

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Our condolences to Judge Mark Ashford’s family and to his court family on his passing the evening of August 1st.

Judge Ashford was one of Nebraska’s longest serving judges. He was appointed to the county court bench in 1988 and to the district court bench in 2000.

We appreciate his service on both the county and district court benches, his work with the Young Adult Treatment Court, and his pioneering efforts to establish the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court.

General Links

Information for:

The State of Nebraska Judicial Branch

The Constitution of the State of Nebraska distributes the judicial power of the state among the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, ­district courts, and county courts. All state courts operate under the administrative direction of the Supreme Court. In addition to the courts created by the Constitution, the Nebraska judicial system has two other courts – the separate juvenile courts located in Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy Counties, and a statewide Workers’ Compensation Court.